This is a picture of my Mom on a trip we took just two months before she past away. She was with all her children and grandchildren at a family wedding and we were having a blast. Life was great! We were making plans for Thanksgiving...
SHE's Fine!
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
SHE: Cooks Football Snacks
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 • appetizers, Football, recipe, Snacks
Hey Ya’ll! Football season is upon us, and if your family is
like ours, it means it’s an exciting time of year! In our home, we pull for the
Tennessee Vols – through the good seasons and bad. Good food is always a
necessity when watching the game. Today...
SHE: Cooks This Week
Monday, August 29, 2016 • chicken, Marinade, meal plan, Pinterest, ravioli, she cooks
Hey Y'all,
It is Sunday afternoon and I am thinking about what all we have going on this week and I am determined to plan some yummy dinner options. This is much better than Monday night @ 5:30 thinking "Hmmm, wonder what we can have for dinner??" I...
StrawNana Peanut Butter Dog Treats {National Dog Day}
Friday, August 26, 2016 • banana, diy, dog, dog treat, homemade, national dog day, peanut butter, puppy, strawberry
Hey y'all! Today is National Dog Day, so naturally it's my favorite day (behind Christmas and my birthday). Spoiling my baby is my favorite thing to do and the other night I made him some homemade treats! Since it's National Dog Day, I knew I had to...
SHE Loves a Good Tip!
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 • Tips kitchen cooking dinner
One of my best friends in high school got burned helping his mom with a grease fire. So, as a Public Service Announcement I want to remind everyone about grease fires. While also giving some great tips! Make sure you drill into your...
SHE: Cleans out Closets
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 • cleaning, She Cleans
Hey Ya'll! This weekend I decided it was time to clean out our house. I'm ashamed to admit that after living in our home for a little over a year, we still had things in boxes. It was time to purge.
I started with our closet. When we moved in, there...
SHE: Does A Little Daydreaming
Monday, August 22, 2016 • blanket scarf, crockpot, fall, seasonal, she cooks, she wears
Hey Y’all,
I know the calendar says August, but with kiddos back in
school I am dreaming of my favorite time of the year~ fall. I love fall! The colors, the smells, the
crisp air, fun clothes and it’s also the season of pumpkin
everything. ...
SHE: Invites Her Friends
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 • Erin Condren, event, Happy planner, May Designs, planners, Plum Paper, stationary, washi tape
Hey Y’all,
Pretty paper, note cards, pens, and makers,
journals & planners~ these are definitely a few of my favorite things!!
With school starting back and the holidays right behind… maybe you are
thinking “I need to...
Hey Y’all,
It’s been a long
hot summer! Today I am sharing a treat guaranteed to cool you off ~
Homemade
Vanilla Ice Cream
4
eggs, beaten
2
cans Eagle Brand Sweetened condensed milk
1
T. vanilla extract
1
c. sugar
½
pint half and half (or...
Life lately has been SO crazy. If you're anything like me you find yourself saying the dirty phrase - "we don't have any plans next weekend so we can finally relax and breathe!" Then by the time next weekend comes it is packed full of things. Week...
SHE: Can Clean
Monday, August 8, 2016 • cleaning, dorm rooms, events, schedules, She Cleans
Hey Y’all,
How do you do… well, everything? A lot of our learning starts at a young age. You begin learning to do things to make yourself independent. As you get older your responsibilities increase and you are able to learn to do more things. And...
Importance of Friends (and a "look inside")
Thursday, August 4, 2016 • friends, friendship, love
The ladies that make up SHE Degree are incredibly special to
me (like seriously don’t know what I’d do without them) and I believe that
everyone needs to have one or more friends that fill their heart like these
ladies do mine. The world we live in today is full of so much hate, so hug your
loved ones and remind them that you care and that you’re thankful they are part
of your life. Thank them for helping shield some of the hate, because we all
need a break sometimes and you can’t do it alone. I've been blessed with a lot of really good friends. I'm still friends with a handful of people from college, and a couple of years ago one of Hubs' friends invited him to join a kickball team. That group unexpectedly became my family and I love them all dearly. But today I'm talking about my SHE ladies.
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| L-R: Courtney, Madison, Lisa, Brittney, Amy |
To start – let me break down my relationship with the SHEs.
There is Courtney (that’s me!), Madison (my sister), Lisa (my Mom) , Brittney
(my best friend, we met in our sorority in college but also discovered we went
to summer camp as kids), and Amy (Brittney’s mom who I’m so thankful for. Not
only did she bring my best friend into the world, but she’s one of my new
favorite people thanks to SHE Degree).
Riley is also a SHE. She isn’t active with us right now (she has a LOT
going on), but will always be one of us (she was my college roommate and I took
her in as my baby since her family lived in Memphis).
Brittney and I hit it off freshman year of college and have
been besties since. She’s one of those friends that you just know you’ll be
best friends with in the old folk’s home. We text daily and when we can’t its
torture. I know I can tell Brittney anything and she’ll never judge me or tell
anyone. That’s a good friend to have in your pocket! We've been through summer camps (apparently), college, engagements, weddings, and who knows what's next!
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| One of our very first pictures together! |
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| This summer! |
Now for a look into our meeting nights. We usually arrive
within a few minutes of each other and as the front door opens, we all peak our
head around the corner to see who has just arrived. The conversation we’re in
the middle of stops while we say hello and hug. If my brother is there he
greets us as the SHE’s, “Hello SHE Brittney” or “Hi SHE Amy”. It’s cute! Then
once we’re all there, being the entrepreneur that he is, he usually has a
proposition for us. It’s usually him reminding us that he took a few group shots
for us when we were getting started and we need to pay him for it.
Of course next on the list is dinner time, SHEs love to eat!
Last night as we ate chicken and waffles, we talked about how this wasn’t on
our diet, but continued to eat it anyway!
The next two hours are filled with a very scattered meeting!
Have you ever heard that women’s brains are like a bowl of spaghetti noodles
(we’re all over the place and how we got from point A to point B doesn’t make
sense)? Totally true with this group! We’ll start with one topic, but then
something that was said will remind us of a story so we’ll get off topic. Then
someone else will bring us back to work but with a different topic than where
we left off. Then about 45 minutes later someone goes “wait... we never finished
the details of xyz” and the cycle starts all over again.
All work and no play is not our motto! Growing up my Mom
always said “if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere” and that holds
true at SHE meetings too. If your voice squeaks midsentence? We’re gonna laugh
at you. Pronounce a word wrong? We’re gonna laugh at you (looking at you Mom… tortilla
is tortiYA not tortiLLYA). But everyone knows it’s all in good fun!
The love and friendship doesn’t stop there though. It
continues day and night through our group texts. We aren’t just coworkers, we
are family. We are each aware of what the other is dealing with and check in
often. Yes, if you opened our group text you would find a lot of business
related chat. You would also find things like “did you make it home safely from
xyz trip?” “tell Christian good luck in his tournament” “happy anniversary” “happy
birthday” and the list goes on.
I hope this little look inside shows you a couple of things.
First, we aren’t just a business. We are a couple of ladies wanting to help you
while we have fun doing it. Second, I hope that while reading this, you subconsciously
were thinking of your own friend(s) that you have the same bond with. Friends
are important. I know that no matter what I’m dealing with, 10 minutes into my
time with the SHEs and it’s all melted away. I hope that you have friends as
special as I do. Like I mentioned back at the beginning, my personal belief is
that friends are one of the most important things you need in this life, like
top five for sure!
Thanks for sticking around and reading this! I was really feeling strongly about my friends today!
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Also open for your enjoyment is our upcoming Planner Class
and the Everything SHE Needs Christmas Market.
Be sure to check them both out.
xo Courtney
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